13-letter words containing a, c, e, t, i, m
- megaloblastic — an abnormally large, immature, and dysfunctional red blood cell found in the blood of persons with pernicious anemia or certain other disorders.
- mellification — the production of honey from nectar
- melodramatics — Melodramatic behavior, action, or writing.
- mercerisation — A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.
- mercerization — to treat (cotton yarns or fabric) with caustic alkali under tension, in order to increase strength, luster, and affinity for dye.
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- meritocracies — Plural form of meritocracy.
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- message stick — a stick bearing carved symbols, carried by a native Australian as identification
- metabolically — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- metacercariae — the encysted larva of a trematode, usually found in or on an aquatic intermediate host.
- metacercarial — relating to, involving, or caused by a metacercaria or metacercariae
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
- metachromatic — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
- metacognition — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- metacognitive — higher-order thinking that enables understanding, analysis, and control of one’s cognitive processes, especially when engaged in learning.
- metafictional — Of, relating to, or being metafiction.
- metafunctions — Plural form of metafunction.
- metaheuristic — An experimental heuristic method for solving a general class of computational problems by combining user procedures in the hope of obtaining a more efficient or robust procedure.
- metalcrafting — metalworking.
- metallic bond — the type of chemical bond between atoms in a metallic element, formed by the valence electrons moving freely through the metal lattice.
- metallic lens — an arrangement of louvres used to direct and focus electromagnetic or sound waves
- metallic soap — any usually water-insoluble salt formed by the interaction of a fatty acid and a metal, especially lead or aluminum: used chiefly as a drier in paints and varnishes and for waterproofing textiles.
- metallurgical — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metamerically — In a metameric manner.
- metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- metasemantics — (linguistics) The part of metalanguage that deals with semantics.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- metonymically — In a metonymic fashion; using metonymy.
- metric martyr — a shopkeeper or trader willing to be prosecuted for continuing to use only imperial measures as a protest against the perceived imposition of metric measures by the European Union
- metrical mile — (in track and swimming) a race of 1500 meters, nearly equivalent to a mile.
- metrification — metrication.
- michelin star — a mark of distinction awarded by the Michelin travel guides to a restaurant in recognition of the high quality of its cooking. A restaurant may receive one, two, or three stars, representing very good, exceptional, or exquisite cuisine, respectively
- microcassette — a very small audio tape cassette smaller than a minicassette, for use with a pocket-size tape recorder.
- microclimates — Plural form of microclimate.
- microfilament — a minute, narrow tubelike cell structure composed of a protein similar to actin, occurring singly and in bundles, involved in cytoplasmic movement and changes in cell shape.
- microlecithal — having a small amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- micromagnetic — Of or pertaining to micromagnetism.
- micrometrical — Micrometric; relating to micrometry or a micrometer.
- micronucleate — having a micronucleus.
- microparasite — a parasitic microorganism.
- microparticle — An extremely small particle.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- microperation — (processor) An elementary operation performed on data stored in registers or in memory. Microperations are classified as transfer, arithmetic, logic, or shift/rotate.
- microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.